Algy Gehrs

Donald Raeburn Algernon Gehrs (29 November 1880 – 25 June 1953) was an Australian sportsman who played six Test matches for Australia from 1904 to 1911 and played Australian rules football for South Adelaide and North Adelaide Football Clubs.

Described as "Tall, thickset and athletic", Gehrs played 13 games of football for South Adelaide in 1902 and seven games for North Adelaide in 1908.

An aggressive opening batsman who liked to take on the fast bowlers, Gehrs played Sheffield Shield cricket for South Australia from 1902–03 to 1920–21. His highest score was 170, when South Australia defeated Victoria by an innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1904–05. In 1912-13 he scored 119 in 60 minutes against Western Australia in Adelaide.

He toured New Zealand in 1904-05 and England in 1905 with the Australian team. His highest Test score was 67 against South Africa at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1910–11, when he added 144 for the third wicket with Clem Hill.

Gehrs was also a professional sprinter, who finished third in the Stawell Gift in 1904.